Re^3: The maybe it is better written this way tool

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in thread The maybe it is better written this way tool

> On the same note, split '...' is more readable as split /.../, since the first arg of split is a regex pattern. (split ' ' excepted, of course.) We often get questions about split '|'.

I don't understand, don't you mean it the other way round?

IMHO since /.../ clearly shows that it's a regex it should better always be written like that.

'...' misleadingly looks like a simple string.

Cheers Rolf

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Re^4: The maybe it is better written this way tool by ikegami (Patriarch) on Nov 18, 2009 at 00:01 UTC
I said "more readable as", not "more readable than". You said the same thing I did.	[reply]
Re^5: The maybe it is better written this way tool by LanX (Saint) on Nov 18, 2009 at 00:52 UTC
ok, got lost in translation... Cheers Rolf	[reply]

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